Design students, Raphael Jung and Jan Sagasser, from the German design school HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd, asked Punkt. to support their Bachelor’s Thesis on the sustainable design of products and to create three product prototypes. The consumer electronics sector is known to fall behind other sectors in sustainability issues, this is…

Part of a series of essays on the subject of cash versus computer-based financial exchange. The spectacular global shift away from using cash for transactions, accelerated by the Pandemic, is yet another example of an immense social change that is scarcely being analysed or discussed; rather than being a conscious…

Part One of a series of essays on the subject of cash vs. computer-based financial exchange. The spectacular global shift away from using cash for transactions, accelerated by the Pandemic, is yet another example of an immense social change that is scarcely being analysed or discussed; rather than being a…

This essay is the first written contribution from the Punkt. Community, a team of like-minded people interested in the movement for a good relationship with technology. In ‘Losing Traction’, Josh Berson, anthropologist and author, explores how technology’s grip on us creates an illusion of control that risks robbing our lives…

Until recently, the real world wasn’t usually referred to as such — because it wasn’t referred to much at all. It used to be a given; now it’s just one of the options, something to dip into — perhaps for a packet of (or even ). And to save time…

Sometimes it’s good to wander, to get lost. Jazz musicians know this, as do interesting painters and authors. Of course, this only works if they know how to find their way back home. And it’s that process of discovery that makes the art. The same can apply to the art…

Do you find that wherever you go, you always end up in the same place: in front of your smartphone? Using it, or letting it use you, to stay ‘connected’? Connected with what people are up to back home. Connected with the latest news reports. Connected with work. Connected with…

Here at Punkt. we have, from the outset, sought to present technology that is good to own. Products designed to do a single job well. Devices that serve their owners, not the other way round. In the last couple of years, concerns about issues like tech addiction and permanent distraction…

In the spring we published our contribution to the throng of articles on how to effectively work from home. Half a year later, with many countries back into lockdown, how is it all looking? Some of us have thrived during 2020, making the most of the challenging circumstances to develop…